Oil rigs dot the Midway-Sunset oil field in Fellows (Kern County). Fracking provides another method to access the fuel.

Oil rigs dot the Midway-Sunset oil field in Fellows (Kern County)....

Those familiar with the rough-and-tumble of public policy know that not everything you hear is thoughtful or true. The debate surrounding hydraulic fracturing, however, has elevated the spin game to new heights of hyperbole. Sweeping generalizations and claims of devastation are offered up with little or no evidence or science to support them.

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